Dan Boy
How popular is Dan?
#1,959 boy name in 2025
78 baby boys were named Dan in the US in 2025, making it the 1959th most popular boy name. Another 10 girls got the name (#9,454 for girls).
Dan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,959 for boys (▼ 38 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 78 boys, 10 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-14% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,703 in 2015, #1,766 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1960 (3,696 boys) |
| Highest rank | #86 in 1881 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 97% boys, 3% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Dan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Dane family of names ranked #632 for boys in 2025 (#648 the year before), with 412 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Dan is most popular
Babies named Dan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (32 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (63 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (32 boys)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (40 boys)
Dan by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,402 | #86 |
| 1890s | 1,274 | #104 |
| 1900s | 1,499 | #120 |
| 1910s | 4,737 | #164 |
| 1920s | 8,100 | #161 |
| 1930s | 9,629 | #149 |
| 1940s | 18,017 | #109 |
| 1950s | 26,009 | #109 |
| 1960s | 22,709 | #111 |
| 1970s | 5,550 | #232 |
| 1980s | 2,808 | #435 |
| 1990s | 1,860 | #656 |
| 2000s | 1,440 | #930 |
| 2010s | 1,008 | #1,425 |
| 2020s | 512 | #1,694 |
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Questions
- Is Dan a boy or girl name?
- Dan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Dan were boys.
- How popular is the name Dan?
- 78 baby boys were named Dan in the US in 2025, making it the 1959th most popular boy name. Another 10 girls got the name (#9,454 for girls).
- When was Dan most popular?
- Dan peaked in 1960, when 3,696 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #86 in 1881.
- How many people are named Dan?
- 107,130 babies have been named Dan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 60,083 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 66.
- Where is Dan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Dan was most common in New York, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.